Shame On Powers brings speed

Shame On Powers, a twotime stakes winner, has his rivals beat on credentials in the $145,000 Steve Prather on Monday at Zia Park. But he will be charting new territory in the race for 2-year-olds bred in New Mexico – it will be his first start at two turns.

The Prather is the final stakes of the Zia meet, which closes Dec. 18. The mile and 70-yard race has drawn a full field of 12, including Evacuee, winner of the $196,000 New Mexico State Fair Futurity in September at the Downs at Albuquerque.

Shame On Powers won his first stakes in May, when he romped by five lengths in the $60,000 C.O. Ken Kendrick Memorial at SunRay Park. He picked up the second stakes win of his career in the $143,000 Rio Grande Senor Futurity in September at Ruidoso Downs.

KEY CONTENDERS

Shame On Powers, by Shame On Charlie Last 3 Beyers: 53-52-46

◗ Shame On Powers gets some pedigree support for the added ground. His sire is by Indian Charlie, winner of the Santa Anita Derby in 1998. In addition, his dam’s sire, Storm of Goshen, is a half-brother to another Santa Anita Derby winner in Pioneerof the Nile.

◗ Shame On Powers comes off a fifth-place finish in the $145,000 New Mexico Cup Juvenile on Oct. 27 at Zia. The race has produced three nextout winners, including On a Warpath who came back to take a Zia allowance.

◗ Miguel Perez has the mount on the front-running Shame On Powers, who will break from post 5 for owners Jimmy Powers and Rebecca Powers and trainer Cliff Lambert.

Evacuee, by Abstraction

Last 3 Beyers: 38-38-32

◗ He exits the same key race as Shame On Powers, having finished ninth in the New Mexico Cup Juvenile. One start prior, Evacuee won his maiden in the New Mexico State Fair Futurity.

◗ Evacuee is making his twoturn debut. His sire was a twoturn stakes winner in Pimlico’s 1 1/16-mile Federico Tesio Stakes in 2013.

◗ Francisco Arrieta has the mount from post 10 for trainer Todd Fincher.

Go Now Go, by Laugh Track

Last 3 Beyers: 53-40-27

◗ He’s the lone horse in the field proven at two turns, as he won his maiden at a mile at Zia in his last start Nov. 17.

◗ Go Now Go earned a careerhigh Beyer Speed Figure of 53, which is one of the best last-race numbers in the Prather.

Cerveza, by Attila’s Storm

Last 3 Beyers: 55-61-52

◗ He owns a strong collection of Beyer Figures, including the field’s best last-race number, a 55 for his fourthplace finish in the New Mexico Cup Juvenile.

◗ He is looking for his first stakes win, with his closest finish at the level coming when he was second by a nose in the Rio Grande Senor Futurity, won by Shame On Powers.